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That says a lot for the 7600. Very cool. I've always been an admirer of them, since the wingmasters are my favorite shotguns.. I wish they would have made some true left handed 760's like they did the 870's though..

Winpoor I have come to love the quarter bore. I have a Cooper Varmint Extreme in 25WSSM and it's extremely accurate using 75gr V-Max. My 257WBY is a go to Antelope rifle and the Roberts (both the custom and M70) will flatten a deer. The smith that built the two custom guns is building a 25/06 on spec that I might just have to adopt even though he will be building me a 7X57 this winter. God I'm hopeless

Jeeze Mr GSP, Not only do you have the pre 64 ,70 BUG, You have the fine Custom bug as well! the very best WinPoor

It's a disease for sure and we haven't even gotten to shotguns and that's worse yet!:)

I not a collector. I'm still hunting these 2 M70s:


1942 Period correct 30-06 carbine


1939 Custom stocked 270




Have other rifles but these 2 can cover all my hunting (short of my 458).

18,000 rounds! Can I ask what you were doing with it to shoot that many rounds? Just playing or were you shooting some kind of competition with it?

At the time I bought the Remington I was assigned to the FT Bragg AMU. We trained 82nd Abn Div Infantry (11B) Soldiers (2 per rifle platoon) as platoon snipers. Rifles were M1 Garand .30-06s with Weaver K4 scopes. It was a 5-day course. This was in the late '70's, before the designated marksman (DM) course we now have today. I had access to literally a tractor trailer truck load of LC .30-06 Match ammo, so I bought the 7600 at the PX and usually shot it every day for fun when we weren't teaching. All the instructors were gun freaks, so we all shot daily, usually after our instructor duties. Most of us burned out a barrel or two. Remington rebarreled and rebuilt my 7600 for free. Incidentally, my groups had opened up to almost 4" at 100 yds by the time I sent it in. My buttstock was also cracked and the trigger was not resetting about 50% of the time.
Bob

I shot one of my "other" rifles today. I also had to shoot the good ol 375 H&H. Ask me which one I like better....

A little windy today, but I had to get out and do some shooting!!!! I recently glass bed the 375 and had to see how it shoots. Looks like all is ok with it and the swirly....:





I also shot my friends new Ruger American, chambered in 22-250. What a pile of chit.... It was shooting patterns instead of groups. I had high hopes for it, but it sadly disappointed both of us. Next up was his new Savage heavy barrel stainless B-mag 17 WSM. Not much better than the Ruger American... Seems to me, the old guns (pre 64's) are much better at never letting you down...

AMEN BSA , I promise I have yet to have a pre 64 mod 70 that would not shoot in an inch, most with the first box of ammo I grabbed, some a lot better than an inch.Impressed with the 2 fwt's as well, Im sure one day I will get a lemon but so far knock on wood even well worn , hunted hard shot great! very best winpoor

Colt Lightning copy by USFA. I generally don't like clones, but this is superb...

USFA made great stuff. A true tragedy...

I've pared down my collection over the past few years after having owned some really nice Hill Country Rifles customs, NULAs, Tikkas, an Al & Roger Biesen, a McMillan G30, and others. Right now I'm all pre-64 except a McWhorter 270 Wby. built on a Stiller action, Hart 1:10" SS #5 25" in a McMillan Sporter Edge with Jewell trigger and a Swaro Z6i 3-18. It's a fairly new rifle for me and is shooting well. I'm taking it to West TX this fall to chase some Aoudad.

Eric

RS: Nice rifle! That stock suigi maple?

The shaping and styling says Biesen or Goens.....or am I wrong on both counts?

1903A1 USMC replica with a Unertl 10x

Don't have this anymore but it was fun!

Latest project- M98 in .416 Ruger



A long way off from being finished though!

This is my regular hunting rifle at the moment- a Sako roughtech in 300 Win mag, pictured in NZ's southern alps last month on my yearly Tahr hunt.



The thing is a laser!

This is my current bush rifle, hard to beat a paddle stock Ruger in .270 for ruggedness!

Great thread. This one qualifies since it's not a pre-64. FN-made 70 in 7mm Mauser. 3-9X Leupold in lightweight Talleys. It's growing on me; I think I finally got the scope-mount combo on it I like.
Bob

Fiddle-back Maple made by Adams in 1972.